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Colorado Bouldering: Front Range by Phillip Benningfield and Matt Samet

Colorado Bouldering: Front Range by Phillip Benningfield and Matt Samet

Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by .

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It’s been more than 10 years since a comprehensive bouldering guide to the Front Range of Colorado existed, but Colorado Bouldering: Front Range by Phillip Benningfield and Matt Samet from Sharp End Publishing is now complete! You can pre-order the book right here on B3, just click the link on the right side of the [...]

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Ty Landman in HP40

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by .

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In a bit a news that would have probably gone unreported, Ty Landman has made the first flash ascent of the classic V11 in HP40 God Module. God Module is a near perfect overhang of sandstone that is very atypical for the south. The first move is the crux, and it involves a very difficult [...]

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Adam Ondra Movie

Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by .

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I wrote this as a response to a thread on Facebook (but felt compelled to repost it here), and while this isn’t technically a review of the movie “The Wizard’s Apprentice” it is somewhat of a response to Andrew Bisharat’s review here. The Wizard’s Apprentice is unquestionably the most inspiring sport climbing movie I have [...]

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Ondra Interview

Posted on 13. Jan, 2012 by .

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Here is a link to great “interview” from Adam Ondra in which he provides detailed explanations to routes he has tried and failed on. Ondra isn’t the only climber who has done this, but so often in today’s media saturated environment, top climbers shy away from their failures and make an effort to pump up [...]

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Lifetime Ticklist

Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by .

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I don’t hide the fact that I enjoy lists, and most serious boulderers I know make tick lists of all kinds. Every year I make a list of problems I’d like to do in Colorado for the summer and the winter, and then area specific lists for places I think I may visit, e.g Joe’s [...]

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Daniel Woods adds Mirror Reality V14 to RMNP

Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by .

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Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of another difficult boulder problem in the Estes Park area. This time he climbed the first ascent of the long-standing “Bridge Project*”, just 50 yds off the Bear Lake Road near Moraine Park, a large open meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park. There are only a handful of [...]

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Update

Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by .

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In the past few months I have taken a few steps towards making B3bouldering a small source of additional income and I wanted to be forthright about some of the changes that are about to take place. In no way will the content change, and I look forward to continuing to post about my experiences [...]

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New V14 from Dave Graham

New V14 from Dave Graham

Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by .

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Dave Graham has made the FA of an amazing new problem just outside of Estes Park called Memory is Parallax V14. Dave has been trying the problem on and off for a few months, but finally made the FA of this demanding new testpiece. Dave has referred to the cluster as “Elkland” although this was [...]

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Most commented posts on B3 in 2011

Posted on 26. Dec, 2011 by .

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As the year winds down, here is a quick summary of the most popular posts on B3 for the year 2011. The Endovalley posts seemed to draw the most attention, probably because of the quick and sharp reactions from the locals and subsequent response from the rest of the readers. My favorite post? Probably the [...]

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Huber Interview

Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by .

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I just saw this great interview with Alex Huber about Adam Ondra, and it ties in wonderfully with the previous post! Enjoy. Alexander Huber about Adam Ondra from BERNARTWOOD on Vimeo. Here is an excerpt from a short interview with Adam about the reputation Font has for having hard grades, and the actual difficulty of [...]

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